1) El Presente Perfecto - I have (already) studied for 2 hours.

(Ya) he estudiado 2 horas.


  • helping verb (in present tense) + past participle
  • helping verb = haber in the present tense (he has ha hemos habéis han)
  • past participle = -ado/-ido (regular verbs) ; REVV MAC PHDD (common irregular verbs

Irregular past participles
Romper - Roto
Escribir - Escrito
Ver - Visto
Volver - Vuelto

Morir - Muerto
Abrir - Abierto
Cubrir - Cubierto

Poner - Puesto
Hacer - Hecho
Decir - Dicho
Descubrir - Descubierto

Práctica en línea - Presente Perfecto

  1. *Colby Spanish Language and Culture - Present Perfect
  2. Quia - Present Perfect (Juego: Rags to Riches)
  3. * Quia - Present Perfect
  4. * Quia - Present Perfect 2
  5. Explanation: Present Perfect (studyspanish.com)
  6. **Present perfect mini quiz (studyspanish.com)
  7. **Present perfect mini-test (studyspanish.com)
  8. Explanation: Past participles
  9. ** Past participles - miniquiz (studyspanish.com)
  10. Quizlet - Irregular Past Participles


2) EL pluscuamperfecto - I had (already) finished my homework when you called.

(Ya) había terminado mi tarea cuando tú llamaste.


  • 2 things occurring in the past, one before the other. The earlier one is pluscuamperfecto. The later one is pretérito.
  • helping verb (in imperfect) + past participle
  • helping verb = haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían)
  • past participle = -ado/-ido (regular verbs) ; **REVV MAC PHDD (common irregular verbs)



Práctica en línea - Pluscuamperfecto

  1. Pluperfect
  2. Pluscuamperfecto (studyspanish.com)
  3. Pluscuamperfecto (quia)
  4. Pluperfect practice (quia)
  5. Present Perfect and Past Perfect (Pluperfect) - (Trinity)
  6. Pluperfect exercises

3) El futuro y el futuro perfecto


El futuro - I will finish my homework.

Yo terminaré mi tarea.


  • Futuro = no helping verb, use the fut/cond stem + future endings (é, as, a, emos, éis, han)
  • Fut/cond stem = infinitivo (regular verbs) or *irregular fut/cond stem
  • Future endings = é, as, a, emos, éis, an


Fut/Cond stems**
  • All fut/cond stems end in "-r"

  • all are the same for futuro and condicional

  • Regular fut/cond stems = infinitive

  • *Irregular fut/cond stems**
- (these are just special)
    • decir = dir-
    • hacer = har-

- (these just lose the "e" of the infinitive -er ending)
    • caber = cabr-
    • haber = habr-
    • poder = podr-
    • querer = querr-
    • saber = sabr-

- (the "e" or "i" of the infinitive is replaced by "d")
    • poner = pondr-
    • salir = saldr-
    • tener = tendr-
    • valer = valdr-
    • venir = vendr-

Práctica en línea - Futuro

  1. El futuro (Colby)
  2. Basic Quiz - Futuro (studyspanish.com)
  3. Futuro (quia)
  4. Futuro (ver-taal)
  5. Futuro (otro)
  6. Futuro (otro 2)
  7. Futuro (y otros tempos verbales)
  8. Futuro (drill)
  9. Futuro (Jackson)
  10. Futuro - Miniquiz (Jackson)
  11. Futuro Irregular Drill (studyspanish.com)

El futuro perfecto - I will have finished my homework by 6:00.

Yo habré terminado la tarea para las seis.


  • 2 things occurring in the future, one before the other. The one completed first is futuro perfecto, the one occurring second is futuro
  • Futuro perfecto = helping verb in the futuro + past participle
  • helping verb = haber in the future tense (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habéis, habrán)
  • past participle = -ado/-ido (regular verbs) ; **REVV MAC PHDD (common irregular verbs)

Práctica en línea - Future Perfect (studyspanish.com explanation)

  1. Basic Quiz
  2. Mini-Test

4) El condicional y el condicional perfecto -

El condicional - She told me she would arrive at 3:00.

Ella me dijo* que llegaría a las tres. (pretérito)


  • Condicional = no helping verb, use the fut/cond stem + condicional endings (ía, ías, ía, íamos, íais, ían)
  • Fut/cond stem = infinitivo (regular verbs) or irregular fut/cond stem
  • Condicional endings = ía, ías, ía, íamos, íais, ían



Práctica en línea - Condicional

  1. Condicional - Practica (Colby)
  2. Condicional - miniquiz (Jackson)
  3. Condicional - drill (ver-taal)
  4. Condicional - Poema (Colby)

El condicional perfecto -

I would have bought the book if I had brought some money.

Habría comprado el libro si hubiéramos traído* dinero. *pluperfect subjunctive (L6)


  • Condicional perfecto = helping verb in the condicional + past participle
  • helping verb = haber in the condicional tense (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían)
  • past participle = -ado/-ido (regular verbs) ; **REVV MAC PHDD (common irregular verbs)



Práctica en línea - Condicional Perfecto

  1. Condicional perfecto (123teachme)


***Futuro/Condicional - Conjecture


Future is used for conjecture or expression of probability about the present:


  • ¿Qué hora será? What time can it be?
  • Serán las cinco. It is probably five o’clock.

Conditional is used for conjecture and to express probability with regards to a past action, as in the following example:


  • ¿Qué hora sería? What time could it have been?
  • Serían las cinco. It was probably five o’clock.



5) Los participios pasados como adjetivos